So I've watched some Star Trek TNG lately and I'm not sure if the show really holds up. We'll see, I guess. Below are a list of complaints I've come up with:
-As mentioned in a previous post, the unending techno-babel.
-The feel, that is the world of TNG seems so sterile, all that bright light and all those pastels.
-The musical score, very blaa and predictable, seemingly played out on a synthesizer but not. It just adds to the sterile feel.
-The control panels. I noticed this when re-watching the Borg double episode. Worf and O'Brien are flying a shuttle into battle against the Borg cube, but they may as well be typing up a memo. No control stick, just buttons to press. It seems very emasculating.
-Picard's a pussy. I know they were trying to set a contrast with Kirk who was never afraid to take a swing at an alien, but Picard is far too interested in talking. Sometimes you just a have to say, 'Mr. Worf, lock phasers on target and fire.'
-The holo-deck. Good god what a bad idea. Detective and medieval fantasies? Please. Has anyone stopped to consider what would happen if you can just create any person you want for any reason? Think about it people....there you go...
Let's give Rick Berman some credit. He took a great idea and turned it into a great TV show. But then he kept on going but with the exact same feel. DS9 and Voyager have the same sterile problems. DS9 looks like a bus station but without grit. Been to the Port Authority lately? No grit, really? Voyager is just a small Enterprise and everyone is just as sterile and together as everyone one one the Enterprise. Speaking of I watched the pilot for Enterprise the other night. Even here, in the Enterprise NX as it is designated everything is warmed over and sterile. They tried to make it grittier, almost like a submarine, but failed.
Its all too clean.
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